مسلك

See also: مسلک

Arabic

Root
س ل ك (s-l-k)

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb سَلَكَ (salaka, “to walk, to behave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.lak/

Noun

مَسْلَك • (maslak) m (plural مَسَالِك (masālik))

1. road, path
2. institution
3. rule of conduct, prescript
4. manner, ways, method
5. row, line, furrow

Declension

Declension of noun مَسْلَك (maslak)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْلَك maslak	الْمَسْلَك al-maslak	مَسْلَك maslak
Nominative	مَسْلَكٌ maslakun	الْمَسْلَكُ al-maslaku	مَسْلَكُ maslaku
Accusative	مَسْلَكًا maslakan	الْمَسْلَكَ al-maslaka	مَسْلَكَ maslaka
Genitive	مَسْلَكٍ maslakin	الْمَسْلَكِ al-maslaki	مَسْلَكِ maslaki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسْلَكَيْن maslakayn	الْمَسْلَكَيْن al-maslakayn	مَسْلَكَيْ maslakay
Nominative	مَسْلَكَانِ maslakāni	الْمَسْلَكَانِ al-maslakāni	مَسْلَكَا maslakā
Accusative	مَسْلَكَيْنِ maslakayni	الْمَسْلَكَيْنِ al-maslakayni	مَسْلَكَيْ maslakay
Genitive	مَسْلَكَيْنِ maslakayni	الْمَسْلَكَيْنِ al-maslakayni	مَسْلَكَيْ maslakay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَالِك masālik	الْمَسَالِك al-masālik	مَسَالِك masālik
Nominative	مَسَالِكُ masāliku	الْمَسَالِكُ al-masāliku	مَسَالِكُ masāliku
Accusative	مَسَالِكَ masālika	الْمَسَالِكَ al-masālika	مَسَالِكَ masālika
Genitive	مَسَالِكَ masālika	الْمَسَالِكِ al-masāliki	مَسَالِكِ masāliki

Synonyms

• (path, road): سَبِيل (sabīl)
• (path, road): طَرِيق (ṭarīq)
• (path): شِعْب (šiʕb)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məslək
• → Northern Kurdish: meslek
• → Persian: مسلک

  → Urdu: مسلك

• → Ottoman Turkish: مسلك (meslek)

  > Turkish: meslek (inherited)

  > Crimean Tatar: meslek (inherited)

• → Uyghur: مەسلەك (meslek)
• → Uzbek: maslak

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسلك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen